Status on Funds Under Poshan Abhiyaan

The State/UT-wise details of funds released from FY 2018-19 to 2021-22 under POSHAN Abhiyaan is at Annexure I.

The estimated number of underweight, malnourished and severely malnourished children under 5 years of age is obtained under National Family Health Survey (NFHS) conducted by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. As per the recent report of NFHS-5 (2019-21), the nutrition indicators for children under 5 years have improved as compared with NFHS-4 (2015-16). Stunting has reduced from 38.4% to 35.5%, while Wasting has reduced from 21.0% to 19.3% and Underweight prevalence has reduced from 35.8% to 32.1%. The State/UT wise prevalence of stunting, wasting and underweight among children under 5 years as per National Family Health Survey 4 (NFHS-4) conducted in 2015-16 & NFHS-5 conducted in 2019-21 is at Annexure II.

Mission Poshan 2.0, an integrated nutrition support programme has been announced in budget 2021-2022 for all States/UTs. It seeks to strengthen nutritional content, delivery, outreach and outcomes with focus on developing practices that nurture health, wellness and immunity to disease and malnutrition. Steps have been taken to improve nutritional quality and testing in accredited labs, strengthen delivery and leverage technology under Poshan Tracker to improve governance. Guidelines were issued for transparency and accountability in delivery of supplementary nutrition and to track nutritional outcomes on 13.01.2021.

This information was given by the Union Minister of Women and Child Development, Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani, in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.

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Annexure-I

Details of funds allocated to States/UTs under POSHAN Abhiyaan from FY 2018-19 to 2021-22.

                                                                                                                            Amount in ₹ lakhs

SN	State/UT	Total Central Funds released from FY 2018-19 to FY 2021-22
1	Andaman & Nicobar Islands	936.25
2	Andhra Pradesh	25363.32
3	Arunachal Pradesh	2815.88
4	Assam	32948.67
5	Bihar	49365.6
6	Chandigarh	1099.87
7	Chhattisgarh	12137.21
8	Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu	1461.01
9	Delhi	3327.18
10	Goa	456.04
11	Gujarat	29976.16
12	Haryana	6808.82
13	Himachal Pradesh	10973.21
14	Jammu & Kashmir	9178.53
15	Jharkhand	8154.95
16	Karnataka	14276.52
17	Kerala	10974.73
18	Ladakh	164.59
19	Lakshadweep	427.36
20	Madhya Pradesh	39398.53
21	Maharashtra	58390.84
22	Manipur	4389.99
23	Meghalaya	5073.39
24	Mizoram	2732.96
25	Nagaland	5327.67
26	Odisha	16358.58
27	Puducherry	943.62
28	Punjab	7346.86
29	Rajasthan	23830.57
30	Sikkim	1370.99
31	Tamil Nadu	25931.46
32	Telangana	17906.84
33	Tripura	4135.95
34	Uttar Pradesh	56968.96
35	Uttarakhand	13574.89
36	West Bengal	26751.08
Total		531279.08

 

Annexure II

 

State/UT wise prevalence of stunting, wasting and underweight among children under 5 years as per National Family Health Surveys 4 & 5 (NFHS-4 & NFHS-5)

 

S. No.	Name of State/UT	Stunting (%)		Wasting (%)		Underweight (%)
		NHFS 4 (2015-16)	NHFS 5 (2019-21)	NHFS 4 (2015-16)	NHFS 5 (2019-21)	NHFS 4 (2015-16)	NHFS 5 (2019-21)
	INDIA	38.4	35.5	21	19.3	35.8	32.1
1	Andaman & Nicobar Islands	23.3	22.5	18.9	16	21.6	23.7
2	Andhra Pradesh	31.4	31.2	17.2	16.1	31.9	29.6
3	Arunachal Pradesh	29.4	28	17.3	13.1	19.4	15.4
4	Assam	36.4	35.3	17	21.7	29.8	32.8
5	Bihar	48.3	42.9	20.8	22.9	43.9	41
6	Chandigarh	28.7	25.3	10.9	8.4	24.5	20.6
7	Chhattisgarh	37.6	34.6	23.1	18.9	37.7	31.3
8	Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu	37.2	39.4	26.7	21.6	35.8	38.7
9	Delhi	31.9	30.9	15.9	11.2	27	21.8
10	Goa	20.1	25.8	21.9	19.1	23.8	24
11	Gujarat	38.5	39	26.4	25.1	39.3	39.7
12	Haryana	34	27.5	21.2	11.5	29.4	21.5
13	Himachal Pradesh	26.3	30.8	13.7	17.4	21.2	25.5
14	Jammu & Kashmir	27.4	26.9	12.1	19	16.6	21
15	Jharkhand	45.3	39.6	29	22.4	47.8	39.4
16	Karnataka	36.2	35.4	26.1	19.5	35.2	32.9
17	Kerala	19.7	23.4	15.7	15.8	16.1	19.7
18	Lakshadweep	26.8	32	13.7	17.4	23.6	25.8
19	Ladakh	30.9	30.5	9.3	17.5	18.7	20.4
20	Madhya Pradesh	42	35.7	25.8	19	42.8	33
21	Maharashtra	34.4	35.2	25.6	25.6	36	36.1
22	Manipur	28.9	23.4	6.8	9.9	13.8	13.3
23	Meghalaya	43.8	46.5	15.3	12.1	28.9	26.6
24	Mizoram	28.1	28.9	6.1	9.8	12	12.7
25	Nagaland	28.6	32.7	11.3	19.1	16.7	26.9
26	Orissa	34.1	31	20.4	18.1	34.4	29.7
27	Puducherry	23.7	20	23.6	12.4	22	15.3
28	Punjab	25.7	24.5	15.6	10.6	21.6	16.9
29	Rajasthan	39.1	31.8	23	16.8	36.7	27.6
30	Sikkim	29.6	22.3	14.2	13.7	14.2	13.1
31	Tamil Nadu	27.1	25	19.7	14.6	23.8	22
32	Telangana	28	33.1	18.1	21.7	28.4	31.8
33	Tripura	24.3	32.3	16.8	18.2	24.1	25.6
34	Uttar Pradesh	46.3	39.7	17.9	17.3	39.5	32.1
35	Uttarakhand	33.5	27	19.5	13.2	26.6	21
36	West Bengal	32.5	33.8	20.3	20.3	31.6	32.2

 

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